BIG Family

The Ebo family was one of my first clients. They have 7 kids. This year, they had Melanie's mother and sister's family for the holidays. This makes for a LARGE family photo shoot. In order to prevent them from having to load 14 people in a small bus, I went to their home out in Lugoff after work. I have been around the Ebo kids several times and they are so much fun! Here are some of my favorites:

Melanie's sister and family:

Melanie with her mother and sister:


The kids:


So beautiful!
The baby:
LOVE her blue eyes...

Cousins
Melanie and Tim:
Melanie's sister and her husband:

LOVE this one:
This kind of just happened out of nowhere...
and then came daddy to the rescue.
All the grandkids with grandma:
Cole and Daddy:
Gabe and Melanie:
Gabe & Grandma:
Can you tell they are sisters?
I love these tree shots. Tim lifted Cole into the tree and the girls HAD to get their picture as well ;) (click to enlarge)
WOW...that is a whole lot of kids! Whew! ;)

Signature Collages: 2008 Portraits in Review

I thought I would post some of my signature collages from some of my portrait sessions as my year in review (I wish I could post them all). A print (usually black & white) of one of these collages comes with every portrait session package.  I started this business a little less than a year ago and I am loving every minute! The Lord has really blessed me this year. After all, I get to take pictures of all these wonderful people!

This next one is a collage I did for my sister of us and our family for Christmas:
(Wedding Images on this collage by Clark Berry Photography)

Thanks, everyone, for a great year!!

My Mom, The Oil Painter

I wanted to post a shout-out for my mom. She is an amazing artist. She lives in Savannah and has a studio there. She also has a studio in Cashier, NC. She travels all over the place for art shows. The best part of it all...she picked up a paint brush just a couple years ago, started painting and was INCREDIBLE. She has not stopped painting ever since! Check out her website & bio at http://www.suegouseinspirations.com/. You can also get to her BLOG through her website. Here are a few pieces of her work:


"Miles of Poppies"
"Spring Tide"


This next one is one of her paintings that was published for the cover of this book.
If you ever want to revisit her website. The link to her website is on the right-hand side of my blog under "links" beneath my website!

New & Improved!

Hi everybody! To bring in the New Year, I am excited to announce the lauch of my new website! The web address is the same, just a new look :). Check it out: http://www.swparkerphotography.com/.

Perfection.

I have been DYING to take these Newborn pictures ever since Elizabeth got pregnant! I am so excited to introduce to you baby William. He is almost 1 month old. He is so perfect. Praise God for beautiful, HEALTHY babies! 

I took these pictures yesterday morning. Now, normally it would take me 2 weeks to edit a session, but (1) I was too excited to wait, (2) I had nothing to do today, which is a FIRST, and (3) Elizabeth wants to send out William's birth announcements soon. Once again, I had way too many favorites...ENJOY!

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William's room is decorated in little green and blue whales. I was so in love with it that you will find it as a theme in many of these shots...

Look at that little DIMPLE!
I LOVE this one.
I wasn't supposed to get Elizabeth in these (her request), but I just think this is so sweet. I love the face he is making.

Caught him in a sneeze. Precious.





Quite possibly my favorite...





Can you tell I like baby feet? :)
That's the little giraffe I gave him when I saw him in the hospital :)




Thank you, Brent and Elizabeth, for letting me take pictures of your son! It was a PLEASURE.

One of my best friends and fellow photographers, Karin, also took some pictures of baby William. Check them out!

Please call or email me if you would like a newborn session! I also design birth announcements. I would love to document your most precious and special times in life!